Eurycnema
Eurycnema[1] is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australia, New Guinea, Kei islands, Timor, Wetar & Solor.[2]
| Eurycnema | |
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| adults of E. goliath | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasmatinae |
| Tribe: | Phasmatini |
| Genus: | Eurycnema Audinet-Serville, 1838 |
| Synonyms | |
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Clemacantha Rainbow, 1897 | |
Species
Eurycnema includes the following species:[2]
- Eurycnema goliath (Gray, 1834)
- Eurycnema nigrospinosa Redtenbacher, 1908
- Eurycnema osiris (Gray, 1834)
- Eurycnema versirubra (Audinet-Serville, 1838) - type species (as Cyphocrania versirubra Audinet-Serville, by subsequent designation[3])
References
- Audinet-Serville (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères 235.
- Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 21 May 2021)
- Kirby WF (1904) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1: 501pp.
External Links
Data related to Phasmatini at Wikispecies
Media related to Eurycnema at Wikimedia Commons
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